It's Almost Restaurant Week in Music City

While there is an eclipse passing over Nashville on August 21, that’s not the only reason that locals are excited about the week of 8/21-27. That’s because it’s also one of two times during the year that diners celebrate local independent restaurants during Nashville Restaurant Week.

(Photo: Valentino's Ristorante)

The event is organized by the Nashville Originals, a confederation of more than 60 locally-owned restaurants who band together to draw attention to the city’s independent restaurant scene. Twice a year, the restaurants offer special prix fixe menus at discounted prices to encourage diners to come in for a visit during Restaurant Week.

Most of the restaurants are offering a three course meal of app/salad, main course and dessert, and two of the entrees that caught our eye are the Chicken and Sausage Spaetzle with local squash, eggplant and cajun broth at Red Pony and Jimmy Kelly’s where they are serving an entire Springer Mountain Farms Chicken with potatoes and a corn cake. Come hungry!